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Funny you say that, I was just thinking earlier today back to the core-js drama. In short: the creator of a NPM package that is used by approximately everyone,
by dumbo-octopus 3y ago
Funny you say that, I was just thinking earlier today back to the core-js drama.
In short: the creator of a NPM package that is used by approximately everyone, everywhere, was facing a legal battle. He had been developing this package full time for years and did not have the cash on hand to hire a lawyer. He added a console log that ran on installing his package that said something like "If you're using core-js please consider donating". Queue an absolute shitstorm of people screaming at him in the GitHub issues and him eventually going to prison for around 10 months.
It can be a rough world out there for the folks building for the "focus, productivity and anti-distraction" platform.
Luckily he seems to be back on the grind nowadays, with a decently robust cross-platform donated slush fund to boot (~200k USD across Pateron, Open Collective, Bitcoin).
https://github.com/zloirock/core-js https://github.com/zloirock/core-js
- benterix 3y ago> eventually going to prison for around 10 months Sorry, I don't follow: going to prison for what? I fail to see the connection between screams in Github issues and going to jail.
- jsnell 3y agoHe killed a teenager in a traffic accident, and needed money to settle with the victim's family to avoid going to jail.
- PcChip 3y agoWhat a roller coaster of a story… that’s a minor detail that was left out though
- dumbo-octopus 3y agoI said he was facing a legal battle in the opening. From what I can remember of his description of it, a teenager was lying down on a dark stretch of road at night and he ran them over in a motorcycle. Apparently one of the teenagers friends was trying to pull the other out of the road at the time? The details are shady and somewhat irrelevant.